Breast-Fed Babies May Have a Leg Up in the Battle Against Childhood Obesity (New York Times)

Exercise. Cut down on television. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Oh, and make sure your children are breast-fed.

That is the latest prescription for preventing childhood obesity, as written by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on studies that have found that children who were breast-fed extensively as babies were less likely to put on weight later in life.



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